| Specimen ID | 159357 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Channa |
| Species | argus |
| Common Name | Northern Snakehead |
| State | PA |
| County | Philadelphia |
| Locality | Edgewood Lake within FDR Park, Philadelphia |
| Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
| HUC8 Name | Schuylkill |
| HUC8 Number | 02040203 |
| HUC10 Name | Lower Schuylkill River |
| HUC10 Number | 0204020310 |
| HUC12 Name | City of Philadelphia-Schuylkill River |
| HUC12 Number | 020402031008 |
| Map | |
| Collection Month | 7 |
| Collection Year | 2004 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | released for food |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 13929 |
| Author: | Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. |
| Date: | 2004 |
| Title: | Another exotic species confirmed in PA waters. |
| Publisher: | Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. |
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| Comments | This lake is part of a maze of interconnected embayments and tidal sloughs; officials fear the snakeheads may have gained access to the nearby lower Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers and see no practical method to eradicate them. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Earliest Record | state |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Number Collected | 5 |
| Size | 326-381 mm |
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